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Dublin to Cork road run
Plans are well under way for the Irish Steam Engine Owners Association, Dublin To Cork 2010 Road Run. It was ten years ago since we first did this run and now we have itchy feet again. The chosen charity for this event is Crumlin Children's Hospital. As the new motorway is now opened the route will take the course of the old Dublin to Cork road. The run will start on Sat. 29th of May and finish on Sat. 5th June, with the Innishannon Steam Rally taking place on Sun 6th and Mon 7th June, in Cork.
Entry forms and sponsorship cards are now available from ................ Noel Glynn 00 353 876304052 Chris Glynn 00 353 599159393 John Tynan 00 353 872961125 Noel and Chris can also be contacted via e-mail on burrellinvincible@eircomnet.com Entry closes on Friday 2nd April and there is an entry fee of € 150.00 As always Overseas guests are more than welcome to Participate and a good time is guaranteed for all.:D;)*beerthumbsup |
Looking forward to it Bernard!
I will be looking for sponsorship! ;) |
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Bernard, bit of a mix up with e-mail address. Should be as follows: burrellinvincible@eircom.net Web site for run will be up and running mon / tues of next week and the addrtess for it is www.iseoa.com
Great start to the page!! Noel and Chris |
What wouldn't I give to be there for that, not that I'd have an engine to drive, for all the stuff I have their all in a million pieces, and all over the place, but I might get a wild hair across me arse and fly home for a week..................
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Web page now up and running ;);).......www.iseoa.com
So if you need an entry form or sponsorship card they can be downloaded here.:):) |
On behalf of the Irish Steam Engine Owners Association and thanks to the great efforts of Chris Glynn, I collected Six tonne of coal from Board Na Mona today and another Twenty tonne to be collected from Staffords Fuels in the very near future. So with this twenty six tonne and another twenty odd tonne pledged, we will have about fifty tonne in total by the start of the run. This means that coal will be provided to everyone taking part.thumbsupthumbsup
Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the beer, but a certain amount has been organised:p;) and a COURTESY tent has been organised for the field in Innishannon,:D:p so a certain amount of REFRESHMENTS will be provided also.*party*party Remember your entry form needs to be in by 1/04/2010 and all are welcome. The next meeting for the run is on 24/03/2010 in Carlow and all are welcome to attend. |
thanks bernard
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Just to put this to the top again.Could someone please post the route and where the over night stops are.
Thanks Bill |
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www.iseoa.com hope this helps Bill. |
overnight stops
Here you are Bill
Sat 29 Newbridge to The Heath [outside Portlaoise] Sun 30 The Heath to Durrow Mon 31 Durrow to Urlingford Tue 1 Urlingford to Cashel Wed 2 Cashel to Mitchelstown Thurs 3 Mitchelstown to Cork Fri 4 Cork to Halfway Sat5 Halfway to Inishannon Rally site Will pm that other route map tomorrow Tom |
How long is each leg Tom?
I make it (approx as I don't know exact locations): Sat 29 Newbridge to The Heath [outside Portlaoise] - 21 miles Sun 30 The Heath to Durrow - 18 miles Mon 31 Durrow to Urlingford - 13 miles Tue 1 Urlingford to Cashel - 20 miles Wed 2 Cashel to Mitchelstown - 28 miles Thurs 3 Mitchelstown to Cork - 33 miles Fri 4 Cork to Halfway - 11 miles Sat5 Halfway to Inishannon Rally site - 5 miles All in all about 150 miles. Anyone want to sponsor Team Oriana??? Its all for a good cause. PM me if you do. |
Hi Bernard, will their be video coverage of the event? it would be a shame to lay this on and not turn it into a video for purchase,
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regards kieran, |
road run
There was talk of a video being made but not sure who is doing this.Mike Dreelan is bringing The President & Lady Jane home to Ireland for the week and also JW will have his Mc Laren,Sawman with his Fowler and Basils Aveling & Porter.Tom.
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Just thought I'd clarify before he has kittens!! :p Looking forward to it!! |
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We have now got about 32 ton of coal in the yard and about another 6 or 7 to gather up, so coal and water will not be scarce. Friday night is going to be a buzz at Toughers.....huge tarmac yard with plenty of room with pub and restaurant en suite :p*beerthumbsup*party |
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That Lightweight he's not even going!! ;) :p
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Just returned from Ireland after a busy weekend steaming. Met up with all the lads and girls on the run. Had a fantastic time and so did Junior Firebars. Must say many thanks to all who were involved in organising and helping on the run, WHAT A WELL ORGANISED EVENT!!
Thanks to Sawman who let me have a go steering the last leg from Halfway to Innishannon Rally, really enjoyed it! Thanks to Basil for the loan of Ophelia for the rally, she was much admired! Thanks also to celtic steamer's lovely lady Teresa who was wonderful in feeding us all. What a great crowd those Irish lads and girls are! Boys should be back late tomorrow, hopefully cleaner than when I last saw them. Will post some pics soon but got to shotblast Juniors!! |
LOL Sarah. Saw Becks on farcebook, she was as black as coal!
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Totally agree with the Mrs.
Spot on all the way and a barrel of laughs. Thanks to all. Boat back tonight and back to the grind. Oh - and yes, we smell sweeter now!! ;) |
My turn now.
Brilliant week from start to finish. Thanks to everyone who organised it, everyone who fed and watered me, everyone who gave me somewhere to sleep (including the night spent on a pallet of coal) and to Sawman for inviting me along. Fantastic event - as Sawman said on Saturday night, we could all learn a lot from Ireland. Cheers, Joe |
Back in Blighty now.
A week of fun, which I will never forget. Thanks to the Irish boys and girls for such a good time and all in a good cause. All involved should be congratulated for their superb organisation and support. I agree that we have a lot to learn. Well done. Noel Glynn kept asking me when we were going to organise a similar event over here.......... I have met some smashing people over there who were previously names on a page and made some good friends. One of the funniest things was at the very start - The safety briefing by Willie Bermingham - Safety Man, Paramedic and general comic - "OK boys - when youre off the engine wear your flash jackets (hi viz) cos its the rubber neckers - they'll fu**ing kill you!" Congrats should go to Mike Dreelan for getting back to Innishannon despite his catastrophe. A very determined man! Thanks to all again - when I get 5 I will post some photos. Tony |
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He slipped off the living van steps and broke his ankle. It was a real shame.
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Hi Guys,
Thanks for all your kind comments about the run. I was very glad to be part of the organizing team, but the real thanks has to go to Noel Glynn and his wife Chris for undertaking the event in the first place. The sheer success of the event can only be put down to the endless hours they put into every detail of the route, the overnight stops, the Water, Coal, Breakdown, Safety support crews. The first Dublin to Cork Road Run was in 2000, and, with a bit of luck, and a bit of encouragement who knows we may persuade Noel and Chris to organize another Road Run sooner than 10 years. Sean. Please don't forget to post a few photos if you have some. |
I must add my thanks to everyone involved with the Road Run.For me personally, the crew that I had were fantastic as were the guys and girls on the other engines.
Noel and Chris Glynn did a super human job,and i can not thank them enough for all the hours of preparation that they must have had to put in. Bill |
Yes, a huge thank you to Noel and Chris and well done.thumbsup It was a really fabulous week and quite amazing that eighteen engines could drive about 150 miles without a single incident or problem on the road. Apart from the brain dead traffic corps, in Cork, flexing their muscles and boosting their ego's,:mad: everything couldn't have gone better and according to plan.
Also thanks to all you guys who traveled over from the mainland, to join in and add to the fun and make the event special :D*cry;):p.......Too many to mention but particularly one elderly gentleman from Cornwall, with the little Mac, who tried his best to corrupt us poor innocent, young Irish lads and coerce a couple of female teachers into his living van.........Thanks to all. Life appears a bit boring and quiet this week, I wonder why????????????? |
More now:
http://www.steamscenes.org.uk/tti/10/014_0033.jpg http://www.steamscenes.org.uk/tti/10/014_0034.jpg http://www.steamscenes.org.uk/tti/10/014_0035.jpg Chaos caused by our over zealous friends at Cork - ironically I went through with the low loader at the time we wanted to take the engines through and there was no traffic!! http://www.steamscenes.org.uk/tti/10/014_0036.jpg A very shiny Aveling at Innishannon Rally kindly loaned by Basil - just to prove we did polish it up!! ;) http://www.steamscenes.org.uk/tti/10/014_0037.jpg Celtic Steamer demonstrating what a scale driver should look like on a model Foden he has built. ;) It looked very very nice indeed! http://www.steamscenes.org.uk/tti/10/014_0038.jpg Ellie getting into the spirit of things!! ;) http://www.steamscenes.org.uk/tti/10/014_0039.jpg And finally..... One of many beautiful spots we stopped at along the way, and some of the nice things we sampled!! http://www.steamscenes.org.uk/tti/10/014_0040.jpg I have received some donations from this side of the water and will be sending them on shortly. Thanks to those who have donated. Tony |
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